without sanctuary lynchings in america. a nationwide epidemic
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LEFT: 1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. Shipp and Smith were African American men who were taken from jail by a mob, beaten then lynched on 7 August 1930.
RIGHT: A scene that was far too common throughout the south and probably one that served to inspire Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit:
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
RIGHT: The charred corpse of Jesse Washington on
display in Robinson, Texas, after he was lynched in nearby Waco, Texas, on
May 16, 1916
LEFT: A large mob attends an 1882 lynching; location unknown.
LEFT: A postcard showing the 1920 Duluth, Minnesota lynchings
RIGHT: Spectators at the lynching of Jesse Washington,
one man raised for a better view. May 16, 1916, Waco,
Texas.
RIGHT: Bennie Simmons, alive, soaked in coal oil before being set on
fire. June 13, 1913. Anadarko, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 31/4 x 5 in. Itched
into negative, “Edies Photo Anadarko Oklo”.
ABOVE: The lynching of Laura Nelson in Okemah, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1911
ABOVE: The corpses of three Georgia men hanging from a tree after being lynched in May 1892.
ABOVE: The lynching of Laura Nelson in Okemah, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1911
ABOVE: Lynching of Rubin Stacy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1935
LEFT: Klansmen (KKK) with an unidentified victim, date unknown